4 Oct 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhat steps he is taking to support research on (a) the causes of and (b) treatments for metastatic lung cancer.
ReplyResearch is crucial in tackling cancer, which is why the Department invests over £1.5 billion per year in health research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). NIHR research expenditure for all cancers was £121.8 million in 2...
4 Oct 2024·Department for Work and Pensions·Answered
AskedWhat steps she has taken to reduce work-related fatal injuries in the construction industry.
ReplyThe Health and Safety Executive (HSE), the workplace regulator for Great Britain, works closely with the construction industry to influence and promote safe working practices to prevent accidents and reduce worker ill health. This year HSE is continuing i...
4 Oct 2024·Department for Business and Trade·Answered
AskedWhether he has met with the Agent General of (a) Ontario, (b) Quebec, and (c) Saskatchewan since taking his position.
ReplyThe Secretary of State for Business and Trade has not met with the Agent General of Ontario, Quebec or Saskatchewan since taking his position. Canada is a valued partner for the UK and provincial level engagement is an important part of our bilateral rela...
4 Oct 2024·Department for Business and Trade·Answered
AskedWhether he has met with his counterpart in Liechtenstein to discuss the exchange of financial services.
ReplyOfficials at the Department for Business and Trade meet regularly with their counterparts in Liechtenstein to discuss how to increase trade under the UK-EEA/EFTA Free Trade Agreement, including at the annual Services, Investment and Digital sub-committee....
4 Oct 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWhen he plans to consult on proposals to reform the House of Lords; and whether those consultations will include the removal of the Lords Spiritual from the House of Lords.
ReplyThe Government has set out an ambitious programme of House of Lords reform. As an immediate first step, the Government has introduced the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill, which will remove the right of hereditary peers to sit and vote in the House ...
4 Oct 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhat steps he is taking to help increase the recruitment of NHS dentists.
ReplyWe will tackle the immediate dentistry crisis with a rescue plan to provide 700,000 more urgent dental appointments and to recruit new dentists to the areas that need them most. To rebuild dentistry in the long term, we will reform the dental contract, wi...
4 Oct 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhat assessment he has made of the adequacy of dental provision in Romford constituency.
ReplyThe data for the NHS North East London Integrated Care Board, which includes the Romford constituency, shows that 46% of adults were seen by a National Health Service dentist in the previous 24 months, compared to 40% in England. Additionally, 57% of chil...
4 Oct 2024·Department for Transport·Answered
AskedWhether she has made an assessment of the implications for her policies of the potential impact of aviation noise pollution on residents of Romford constituency.
ReplyThe Romford constituency is primarily overflown by aircraft departing from London City airport and arriving into Heathrow airport. At London City airport, restrictions are set through the planning system. It is the responsibility of the local planning aut...
4 Oct 2024·Department for Transport·Answered
AskedIf she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring dockless e-bikes to park in dedicated bays.
ReplyAs you will appreciate, the new Government is still in its early stages, and I am carefully considering next steps for dockless e-bikes. Many lessons have been learned from the e-scooter trials so far, in addition to learning from the many shared mobility...
4 Oct 2024·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·Answered
AskedCommonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has held recent discussions with his Libyan counterpart on providing compensation to (a) victims and (b) victims’ families of Libyan-sponsored IRA terrorism.
ReplyThe UK Government reiterates its sympathy for UK victims of Qaddafi-sponsored terrorism, and indeed all victims of the Troubles. The UK's position with regards to victims of Libyan-sponsored IRA terrorism is that it is the responsibility of the Libyan Gov...
4 Oct 2024·Department for Transport·Answered
AskedWhether she has met with her Irish counterpart.
ReplyThe Secretary of State has met with her Irish counterpart.
4 Oct 2024·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·Answered
AskedCommonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps he has taken with his Nigerian Counterpart to promote religious freedom in that country.
ReplyThe UK champions freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) for all abroad. No one should live in fear because of what they do or do not believe in. We work to uphold the right to FoRB through our position at the UN, G7 and other multilateral fora and bilateral...
4 Oct 2024·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·Answered
AskedCommonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to visit the Holy See.
ReplyWe continue to engage the Holy See regularly both bilaterally and in multilateral fora. The British Embassy to the Holy See supports ministerial and senior official visits from across the government including by Lord Khan, Minister for Faith, Communities ...
4 Oct 2024·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·Answered
AskedCommonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has met with the Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain since taking up his position.
ReplyThe Foreign Secretary regularly meets Ambassadors and High Commissioners to the United Kingdom. On 10 September the Foreign Secretary hosted a reception for the London Diplomatic Corps, which the Apostolic Nuncio, His Excellency Archbishop Miguel Maury Bu...
4 Oct 2024·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Answered
AskedFood and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to minimise habitat loss of the native UK robin population.
ReplyRobins are not of conservation concern and as such receive no targeted conservation action. However, Government actions to restore and create more than 500,000 hectares of wildlife-rich habitat by 2042 will support a wide range of native bird species, inc...
4 Oct 2024·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·Answered
AskedMedia and Sport, whether she has had discussions with the Director of the British Museum on the long-term ownership of historic artefacts originating from other countries.
4 Oct 2024·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Answered
AskedFood and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 on deforestation-free products on levels of beef exports.
ReplyThe European Union’s Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) is EU Legislation, and therefore guidance in respect of regulatory compliance is under the responsibility of the European Commission and the Government has not made an assessment of the impact on beef e...
4 Oct 2024·Ministry of Defence·Answered
AskedWhether he has met with his counterpart in France since taking up his position.
ReplySince taking up his position the Defence Secretary has met with his French counterpart Sebastian Lecornu. Their first meeting was on 23 July 2024 in Paris.
4 Oct 2024·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·Answered
AskedCommonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his Azerbaijani counterpart on the detention of (a) Ruben Vardanyan and (b) Armenian political prisoners in Baku.
ReplyThe UK Government is aware of the detention of Ruben Vardanyan and other ethnic Armenians as a result of September 2023's military action in Nagorno-Karabakh. We have consistently urged the Azerbaijani authorities, including ahead of COP29, to ensure that...
4 Oct 2024·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·Answered
AskedCommonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made recent representations to his Azerbaijani counterpart on releasing Armenian political prisoners before COP29.
ReplyThe UK Government is aware of the detention of Ruben Vardanyan and other ethnic Armenians as a result of September 2023's military action in Nagorno-Karabakh. We have consistently urged the Azerbaijani authorities, including ahead of COP29, to ensure that...